Mac McClung

No, I get that.

No, I get that.

Thousand percent. I mean, you talk about summer league. When you go to Vegas for Summer League, you are hit over the head constantly with the fact that it exists. You know what I mean? The whole city. It's the whole town. Tons of marketing. And obviously there are a number of factors for that. All 30 teams are there. All their staff are there. All their fans are there.

Thousand percent. I mean, you talk about summer league. When you go to Vegas for Summer League, you are hit over the head constantly with the fact that it exists. You know what I mean? The whole city. It's the whole town. Tons of marketing. And obviously there are a number of factors for that. All 30 teams are there. All their staff are there. All their fans are there.

Thousand percent. I mean, you talk about summer league. When you go to Vegas for Summer League, you are hit over the head constantly with the fact that it exists. You know what I mean? The whole city. It's the whole town. Tons of marketing. And obviously there are a number of factors for that. All 30 teams are there. All their staff are there. All their fans are there.

It's just naturally there's going to be more of a bustle in that sort of situation. But... just from a, uh, from a vibes perspective going there and it really feeling like just sort of another thing to do in Vegas. You know what I mean? That it was just, it was, it was another option for entertainment. It wasn't like the NBA didn't come there and take over in the way that I think you would, uh,

It's just naturally there's going to be more of a bustle in that sort of situation. But... just from a, uh, from a vibes perspective going there and it really feeling like just sort of another thing to do in Vegas. You know what I mean? That it was just, it was, it was another option for entertainment. It wasn't like the NBA didn't come there and take over in the way that I think you would, uh,

It's just naturally there's going to be more of a bustle in that sort of situation. But... just from a, uh, from a vibes perspective going there and it really feeling like just sort of another thing to do in Vegas. You know what I mean? That it was just, it was, it was another option for entertainment. It wasn't like the NBA didn't come there and take over in the way that I think you would, uh,

like it to feel like they keep they i feel like they keep liking likening it a little bit to like the super bowl like a smaller version of that yeah and when the super bowl comes to town everybody knows it and that was not the case with with the nba cup this year it just it uh it felt like it was whispering the whole time to be honest with you like hey here's this

like it to feel like they keep they i feel like they keep liking likening it a little bit to like the super bowl like a smaller version of that yeah and when the super bowl comes to town everybody knows it and that was not the case with with the nba cup this year it just it uh it felt like it was whispering the whole time to be honest with you like hey here's this

like it to feel like they keep they i feel like they keep liking likening it a little bit to like the super bowl like a smaller version of that yeah and when the super bowl comes to town everybody knows it and that was not the case with with the nba cup this year it just it uh it felt like it was whispering the whole time to be honest with you like hey here's this

this secret fun thing, come check it out. But there wasn't, it just wasn't blasting you. You know what I mean? There wasn't, there wasn't constant ads. There weren't people walking around in their team's gear, sort of, you know, reigniting all that stuff. It just, yeah, it just, it, it didn't feel as big as I thought it was going to feel.

this secret fun thing, come check it out. But there wasn't, it just wasn't blasting you. You know what I mean? There wasn't, there wasn't constant ads. There weren't people walking around in their team's gear, sort of, you know, reigniting all that stuff. It just, yeah, it just, it, it didn't feel as big as I thought it was going to feel.

this secret fun thing, come check it out. But there wasn't, it just wasn't blasting you. You know what I mean? There wasn't, there wasn't constant ads. There weren't people walking around in their team's gear, sort of, you know, reigniting all that stuff. It just, yeah, it just, it, it didn't feel as big as I thought it was going to feel.

I got there thinking that the energy was going to be kind of intense. And last year in the final, it was, but that was because the Lakers were there and Lakers fans travel well in LA, super close to Vegas, a lot of LeBron, a lot of reasons for that. Right. So I kind of thought like, okay, like the energy, it won't hit that, but it'll be similar. Yeah. And yeah, it just it never did.

I got there thinking that the energy was going to be kind of intense. And last year in the final, it was, but that was because the Lakers were there and Lakers fans travel well in LA, super close to Vegas, a lot of LeBron, a lot of reasons for that. Right. So I kind of thought like, okay, like the energy, it won't hit that, but it'll be similar. Yeah. And yeah, it just it never did.

I got there thinking that the energy was going to be kind of intense. And last year in the final, it was, but that was because the Lakers were there and Lakers fans travel well in LA, super close to Vegas, a lot of LeBron, a lot of reasons for that. Right. So I kind of thought like, okay, like the energy, it won't hit that, but it'll be similar. Yeah. And yeah, it just it never did.

And you and you wind up feeling feeling for the players because you see how hard they're going.

And you and you wind up feeling feeling for the players because you see how hard they're going.

And you and you wind up feeling feeling for the players because you see how hard they're going.